Here 'Tis (Junior Mance album)

Here 'Tis
Studio album by Junior Mance Quintet
Released	1992
Recorded	January 14 & 16, 1992 Toronto, Canada
Genre	Jazz
Length	61:27
Label	Sackville SKCD 2-3043
Producer	John Norris
Junior Mance chronology
Junior Mance Special (1986-88) Here 'Tis (1992) Blue Mance (1994)

Here 'Tis (subtitled The Junior Mance Quintet Play the Music of Dizzy Gillespie) is an album by jazz pianist Junior Mance's Quintet featuring compositions associated with Dizzy Gillespie. ^[1] It was recorded in 1992 and released on the Sackville label. ^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[4]

The Globe and Mail wrote that Mance "shows more than the blues-based style that has dominated his work lately; his solo version of 'Tunesia' sustains the CD's light mood but also reveals a side of the composition that's rarely, if ever, heard." ^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Dizzy Gillespie except where noted.

1. "Here 'Tis" - 8:02
2. "Woody 'n' You" - 6:16
3. "Ow" - 9:51
4. "Con Alma" - 4:51
5. "Tour de Force" - 5:48
6. "Tin Tin Deo" (Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller) - 9:44
7. "I Waited for You" (Gillespie, Fuller) - 7:03
8. "Blue 'n' Boogie" (Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) - 6:15
9. "A Night in Tunisia" (Gillespie, Paparelli) - 3:33

• Recorded in Toronto, Canada on January 14, 1992 (tracks 2–5, 7 & 8) and January 16, 1992 (tracks 1, 6 & 9)

Personnel

• Junior Mance - piano
• Bill McBirnie - flute (tracks 1–3, 6 & 8)
• Reg Schwager - guitar (tracks 1–3, 6 & 8)
• Kieran Overs - bass (tracks 1–8)
• Norman Marshall Villeneuve - drums (tracks 1–8)

References

1. "Reviews: Here 'tis by Junior Mance". Stereo Review. 58 (2): 125. February 1993.
2. Junior Mance discography Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine accessed August 16, 2016
3. Here 'Tis Review at AllMusic. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 928. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.
5. Miller, Mark (September 14, 1992). "Jazz". The Globe and Mail. p. C1.